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Cardiff and Delp is an architectural firm that provides services for residential construction projects. The following data pertain to a recent reporting period.

Activities Costs

Design department

Client consultation ……………………….. 1,500 contact hours \( 270,000

Drawings …………………………………… 2,000 design hours 115,000

Modeling …………………………………… 40,000 square feet 30,000

Project management department

Supervision ………………………………… 600 days \)120,000

Billing ……………………………………….. 8 jobs 10,000

Collections ………………………………… 8 jobs 12,000

Required

1. Using ABC, compute the firm’s activity overhead rates. Form activity cost pools where appropriate.

2. Assign costs to a 9,200-square-foot job that requires 450 contact hours, 340 design hours, and 200 days to complete.

Short Answer

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Answer

Total Cost of the Job: $150,200

Step by step solution

01

Calculation of activity overhead

ClintConsultionrate=TotalCostTotalContactHour=$270,0001,500=$180

Drawingrate=TotalCostTotalDeslgnHour=$115,0002,000=$57.5

Modelingrate=TotalCostTotalSquareFeet=$30,00040,000=$0.75

Supervisionrate=TotalCostTotalNo.ofdays=$30,00040,000=$0.75

Billingrate=TotalCostTotalNo.ofjobs=$10,0008=$1,250

Collectionrate=TotalCostTotalNo.ofjobs=$12,0008=$1,500

02

Assigning of cost

DesignDepartmentCostfortheJob=ClintConsulationCost+DrawingCost+ModelingCost=$180×450+$57.5×340+$0.75×9,200=$81,000+$19,550+$6,900=$107,450

ProjectManagementCostforthejob=SupervisionCost+BillingCost+CollectionCost=$200×200+$1,250×1+$1,500×1=$81,000+$19,550+$6,900=$42,750

role="math" localid="1654760335586" TotalCostfortheJob=DesignDepartmentCost+ProjectManagementCost=$107,450+$42,750=$150,200

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Question: Compare Apple’s and Google’s income statements and answer the following.

Required

1. Which company has a higher ratio of costs, defined as cost of goods sold plus total operating expenses, to revenues? Use the two most recent years’ income statements from Appendix A. Show your analysis.

2. How might the use of activity-based costing help the less competitive company becomemorecompetitive?

3. Assume Apple is considering opening a new retail store. What are the activities associated with opening a new retail store?

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Refer to the information in Exercise 17-7 to answer the following requirements.

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1. Using ABC, compute the overhead cost per unit for each product line.

2. Determine the total cost per unit for each product line if the direct labor and direct materials costs per unit are \(250 for Model 145 and \)180 for Model 212.

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1. What reasons could explain why competitors are forcing the company to lower prices on its highvolume retail products?

2. Why do you believe the company charges less for custom-order products than its competitors?

3. Does a company’s costing method have any effect on its pricing decisions? Explain.

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Activity

Expected Costs

Expected Activity

Handling materials

$625,000

100,000 parts

Inspecting product

900,000

1,500 batches

Processing purchase orders

105,000

700 orders

Paying suppliers

175,000

500 invoices

Insuring the factory

300,000

40,000 square feet

Designing packaging

75,000

2 models

Required

  1. Compute a single plant wide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours.
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